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Guy Goffette

Belgian writer

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born
1947
died
2024
age at death
76
known for
poet, writer, publisher

1947 – 2024

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Guy Goffette was a Belgian-born poet and writer. Goffette published his first book of poems in 1969. After then he worked as an editor at the publishing company Gallimard. Goffette's poetry has been compared to Verlaine – the contemporary French poet Yves Bonnefoy remarkedGoffette is an heir to Verlaine. A poet who very courageously has decided to remain faithful to his own personal life, in its humblest moments. He keeps things simple, he is marvelously able to capture the emotions and desires common to us all.

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